Vedauwoo Trail Kids T-Shirt

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The Veduawoo Recreation area is located in the southern flank of the Laramie Mountains between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Locally famous for its unusual Sherman Granite boulders and rock formations,the unique landscape is apart of Medicine Bow National Forest. It is a popular area for people to hike around as there are many trails that snake through the area.

I also included a buck rail fence which is very commonly found in Wyoming. This impressionistic landscape painting is meant to convey the mood of autumn in the American West before the severe weather of winter sets in. Golden aspens can be seen in the distance as soft, warm sunlight lights the landscape as deep, shadowy clouds fill the sky. Birds fly through the sky.

Vedauwoo is pronounced Vee-duh-voo and is an Arapaho word for "earthborn," representing the Native American believe that these hoodoos are actually sacred spirits of the Earth.

Tucson based photographer and artist Chance Kafka is a native of Laramie, Wyoming, and grew up in the small community of Wheatland, before returning to Laramie for college. He took an interest into photography at a young age, photographing clouds, sunsets, and landscapes. At age 17, he won 1st Place in the Platte County Fair photography competition in 3 out of 5 categories as the only entrant to win more than one category. Following this local success, he worked as a feature writer and photographer for the Platte County Record Times while still in high school. His articles and feature photos garnered him acclaim across the region which inspired him to pursue journalism as a degree in college. Chance served as a teaching assistant for a...